The College News
Volume II. No. 3
BRYN MAWR, PA., OCTOBER 14, 1915
Price 5 Cents
CALENDAR
THURSDAY OCTOBER 14
4.30 p. m.�Opening of the new Athletic
field.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER IS
2.00 p. m.�Senior Oral examination in
German.
8.00 p. M.�Lecture on Anthropo-geogruphy
by Miss E. C. Semple, A.M., in Taylor Hall.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16
8.00 a. ii.�Senior oral examination in
German.
10.00 a. if.�Hockey mutch, 'Varsity vs.
Lansdowne.
8.00 p. if.�Senior reception to the Fresh-
men, in the gymnaMum.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17
6.00 p. if.�Vespers. Speaker, M. Wil-
let, '17.
8.00 p. if.�Chapel. Sermon by the Right
Rev. A. S. Lloyd, D.D.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18
4.15 p. if.�Inter-class Tennis tournament
begins.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER II
4.30 p. if.�Tea for the Ministers of the
neighboring churches, given by the Federation
Committee.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20
9.30 p. m.�Mid-week meeting of the C. A.
Leader, C. Stevens, '17.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
10.00 a. if�Hockey match, 'Varsity vs.
Germantown.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24
6.00 p. m.�Vespers. Enrollment of new
members of the Christian Association
Speaker, A. Grabau, '16, Vice-Presidcnt.
8.00 p. ii.�Chapel. Sermon by Dr. Wil-
liam P. Merrill.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29
8.00 p. if.�Lantern Night.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
8.00 p. if.�Banner Show.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20
8.00 p. if.�Sophomore Play.
1916 MAKES SPLENDID RECORD
Over 65 Per Cent Pass Firtt French Oral
The first French Oral examination was
conducted by President Thomas, Miss
Schenk and Mr. Gray, on Friday after-
noon and Saturday. President Thomas
congratulated 1916 on the results of the
Oral, speaking of it as one of the best
ever held. Out of a class of sixty-six,
59.09 per cent passed, 5.54 per cent re-
ceived Merit, and only 36.36 per cent
failed.
The results were as follows:
Merit�L. Dlllingham, Mrs. Jackson, A.
Sears.
Passed�V. Baker. E. Brakely, M. G.
Branson, E. Bryne. H. Chase, E. Clinton,
C. CTowell, J. Deming. A. DeVenisb, M.
Dodd, C. Dowd, L. Garfleld. C. Godley. M.
Haskell, M. L. Hickman, F. Hitchcock.
E. Holliday, G. Jones, E. Kelly, M. Keeps,
R. Lautz, A. Lee, M. Loudon, V. deMacedo,
M. McCay, C. McKeefrey. G. Moses, H.
Porter, H. Riegel, H. Robertson, J. Ross,
M. Russell, E. Stark, E. Strauss. E. Tin-
ker. A. Van Horn, L. Worthlngton, M.
Yost.
Failed�R. Alden, K. Batchelder, B.
Bensberg, F Bradley. I. Bridge. A. Burt,
M. Chase, D. Deneen. R. Fordyce, N. Gail.
A. Grabau. J. Greenewald. C. Heydemann,
E Hill. H. Holmes, C Kellen. F. If. Kel-
lon. E B. Kirk. K. McCollin. D. Packard.
L. Sandiaon. A. P. Smith. A. Werner. B.
WlUoa.
UNDERGRADUATE MEETING SET-
TLES MANY MATTERS
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Red Cross Work to Be Continued
At a meeting of the Undergraduate As-
sociation on Wednesday night many mat-
ters of general Interest were decided upon
by the students. Before any motions were
brought up for discussion, Miss Werner
read the present rule concerning attend-
ance at lectures and explained carefully
the responsibility placed by it on the In-
dividual student. Red Cross work, Lost
and Found, Parade Night, Concerts and
other subjects were also discussed.
It was voted to continue the Red Cross
work of last year on a more systematic
basis, and to charge admission to all class
plays again this year. The entrance fee
will be ten cents.
Lost and Found is also to be more sys-
tematlsed. In order to assure a better
business foundation for the bureau there
will be a regular salary in connection
with the position. Formerly the student
In charge received the returns from the
lost articles and the Undergraduate
Association had to make up the defi-
cit; now the receipts will go directly into
the treasury and the salary will be fixed.
In view of the growing importance of
the Denbigh Fiction Library, the salary
for the librarian is to be increased from
fifteen to twenty dollars a year. Dr. Sav-
age is assist inn the committee in charge;
and already several new books have been
bought.
The Concert Committee reported plans
for four concerts to be given during
the year If the pledges of the students are
sufficient to insure financial success.
Parade Night Discussed
After much discussion about parade
night, a senBe of the meeting was taken
that the Sophomores should not write a
parody of the Freshman parade song un-
less they secure the tune or words before
the band begins to play under the arch.
Suggestions for other rules were with-
drawn when It was pointed out that there
was an unwritten law that the Sopho-
mores could employ any means to dis-
cover the Freshman song, except going
to the Freshman class meeting
Telegram Sent to Vassar
At a second meeting of the Undergradu-
ate Association held on Thursday night it
was decided to send a telegram to Vassar
wishing the students good luck for their
anniversary celebration and during the
entire year. The celebration now being
held at Vassar is in honor of the fiftieth
anniversary of the college. There is to
be a conference on undergraduate prob-
lems at which delegates from other col-
leges will discuss improvements and poli-
cies in student activities. t
be given to picaresque fiction and to the
detective story, and some account may be
taken of foreign relationships. If oppor-
tunity offers, the art of narrative poetry
may be discussed in the light of its rela-
tion to prose.
FIRST VARSITY PRACTISE
Players Promising�Teamwork Poor
RECORD WEDNESDAY EVENING
MEETING
Last Friday a squad of thirty hockey
players turned out for the first Varsity
practise of the year. Only about eight of
them were regulars, but much of the new
material is promising. 1919 was well
represented by M. Peacock. A. Stiles, and
M. Tyler. M. Peacock is a Rosemary
star and M. Tyler an All-Phlladelphian.
G. Hearne, 1919. bids fair to be as good as
her sisters. F. Hearne, 1910, and A.
Hearne, 1913. G. Flanagan, 1918, was a
find at halfback. She has always played
fullback and her headwork In the new
position astonished even Miss Applebee.
The Juniors showed their usual heavy
hitting. M. Branson distinguished her-
self for the Seniors.
However, although the standard for In-
dividual work was high, the teamwork
was very poor and the offense so weak
that the Varsity Committee Intends to
make decided changes in the forward line
before another practise. Time and again
the fullbacks had it all their own way
and possible goals were missed. The
prospect of scoring seemed to upset the
attacking line.
After the practise M. Branson talked
briefly on the value of keeping training.
The penalty for breaking training, she
said, would be dismissal from the squad
and the loss of a chance for a B.M.
The next Varsity practise will be to-
morrow, and the first game will be played
against Lansdowne on Saturday.
New plans for the mid-week meeting
of the Christian Association were an-
nounced at the first meeting held in the
C. A Room in the Library last Wednes-
day. There were seventy-six members
present Margaret Bacon, "18, who has
charge of the meetings this year, has ar-
I ranged a series of discussions on modern
; religious problems that are of vital in-
I terest. One great improvement over last
[ year's plans is that each leader will make
out a list of short daily Bible readings
which will lead up to the next Wednesday's
| topic. This will enable those who are inter-
| ested to give the subject on hand a little
i forethought.
Miss Applebee, opening the discussion,
spoke of religion as the source of life, in
that God Himself Is Life and Energy, as
I the source of Life. She spoke of the
i abounding energy and power that comes
, from consciousness of union with Christ,
but emphasized the fact that both in com-
munities and in individuals tills con-
sciousness is In proportion to the fulfill-
ment of Christ's command to follow him
and share daily with him in his work of
bringing the Kingdom of God on earth.
Helen Zimmerman, '17, has charge of
the Bible reading slips, and will distribute
them at each meeting. They can also be
obtained from her room In Rockefeller.
HOW DOTH THE LITTLE BUSY BEE
NEW WOMENS' COLLEGE OPENED
COURSE IN ENGLISH FICTION TO
BE GIVEN IN THE SEC-
OND SEMESTER
Connecticut College has 125 Students.
The Connecticut College for Women at
New London, Connecticut, opened on
Saturday, October 9th, with exercises
over which President Frederick H. Sykes,
formerly a professor in Columbia Univer-
sity presided. The Governor of Connecti-
cut, Marcus H. Holcomb, was present at
the exercises.
The first class, numbering about 125,
has already been enrolled. A group of
buildings for administrative purposes,
lectures, and dormitories has been com-
pleted. "The college begins with an en-
dowment of $1,500,000.
Josephine Sutton, who was a graduate
student here last year. Is secretary to
the President, and Miss Proctor, formerly
Junior Bursar, Is Director of Residences
at the College of Connecticut.
During the second semester Mr. Sav-
age, of the English Department, will offer
a new five-hour major course, which will
deal with English fiction of the 19th Cen-
tury. The main emphasis of the work
will be thrown upon reading, although
problems In research will receive some at
tention. Among the topics to be covered
are the Elizabethan novelle and novels
and their relation to later English fiction:
the antecedents of the 19th Century
novel, romance and short-story; and the
development of these types up to the
present day. Special consideration will
CANDY SALE FOR SUFFRAGE
CAMPAIGN.
In the spring of 1914. Dorothy Wolf,
Bryn Mawr 1912, asked the students of
Bryn Mawr to keep an account of every
minute of their time In order that she
might use the statistics thus obtained
for a thesis which she was then writing.
For the purpose of making it easier for
the students to keep these accounts, she
had special forms printed which were
filled out and collected from each student
every evening. The results of her in-
vestigations are as follows:
Averages Normal Week Day.
1. Routine�Sleep�8 hours 33 minutes;
meals�1 hour 20 minutes; dressing�1
hour 20 minutes
2. Academic work�7 hours 20 minutes.
3. Athletics�55 minutes.
4. Organized student activities�1 hour
5 minutes
5. Personal social activities�1 hour 5
minutes.
6. Personal avocations�1 hour 45
minutes.
Averages for Four Items.
Normal week days Slack period (after
midyears).
Week days Week days SaL Sun.
Sleep ----8.33 8.52 !t 22 9.53
Exercise ..0.55 0.35 0.45 0.48
Heading ..0.32 0.50 1.55 1.37
Study ----7.20 6.26 1.29 1.10
An appeal for help has been made to
the Bryn Mawr Equal Suffrage Chapter by
the Women of Pennsylvania. Money is
needed In order to send them help, and
to pay for a fife and drum corps to lead
the Bryn Mawr delegates in the torch
light parade on October 22d. There will
be a candy sale Thursday and Friday In
the Book Shop. President Thomas has
presented the League with one hundred
copies of the "New Republic" which will
be sold for the aid of the women of
Pennsylvania
CONSTANCE KELLEN SENIOR
PRESIDENT
Constance Kellen has been elected
Senior president, Elizabeth Brakeley,
vice-president, and Alice Van Horn, sec-
retary Miss Kellen was 1916s Fresh-
man chairman and was elected Freshman
president. Last year she was secretary
of the Self Government Association.
Miss Brakeley and Miss Van Horn retain
their last year's positions as class officers.